Book contents
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I American Poetry from 1945 to 1970
- Chapter 1 The Raw and the Cooked
- Chapter 2 The Black Mountain Poets
- Chapter 3 The Beats and the San Francisco Renaissance
- Chapter 4 The New York School of Poetry
- Chapter 5 The Middle Generation, Elizabeth Bishop, and Confessional Poetry
- Chapter 6 Deep Image Poetry
- Chapter 7 African American Poetry from 1945 to 1970
- Part II American Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Part III Into the New Millennium American Poetry from 2000 to the Present
- Works Cited
- Index
- Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Chapter 4 - The New York School of Poetry
from Part I - American Poetry from 1945 to 1970
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 December 2022
Book contents
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I American Poetry from 1945 to 1970
- Chapter 1 The Raw and the Cooked
- Chapter 2 The Black Mountain Poets
- Chapter 3 The Beats and the San Francisco Renaissance
- Chapter 4 The New York School of Poetry
- Chapter 5 The Middle Generation, Elizabeth Bishop, and Confessional Poetry
- Chapter 6 Deep Image Poetry
- Chapter 7 African American Poetry from 1945 to 1970
- Part II American Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Part III Into the New Millennium American Poetry from 2000 to the Present
- Works Cited
- Index
- Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Summary
This chapter focuses on the New York School of poetry and traces its origins, its history, and its legacy. It discusses the importance of the avant-garde tradition and visual art, especially Abstract Expressionism, to the poets of the New York School, and examines the most important formal innovations and thematic concerns of the poets at its heart. The chapter focuses on the work of Frank O’Hara, John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, James Schuyler, and Barbara Guest, along with poets of the movement’s second generation, including Ted Berrigan, Alice Notley, and Bernadette Mayer.
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- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945 , pp. 60 - 86Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022